'Silver Rights' for the underserved | Atlanta Forward
The center's location — the anchor tenant of the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Complex, next to Ebenezer Baptist Church — holds significance for James “Jay” Bailey, CEO of Operation HOPE in Atlanta. “HOPE is more than humbled by the …
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Simon Says . . .
Once again I'd like to tip my hat and recognize our fantastic Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder who held a Town Hall meeting at St. Francis de Sales Church bringing various agencies together except the Red Cross that didn't show. The Rapid Repair program has not …
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Loopholes to Some, Lifelines to Others
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty featured the Higher Education Act, which included grants and loans for low-income families. Jimmy Carter's Middle Income Student Help Act vastly increased federal aid by granting access to the middle class …
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Helping Navigate Sandy's Aftermath
WestportNow.com Image Victims of Storm Sandy got some help tonight in navigating its aftermath with a session at Christ & Holy Trinity Church that focused on issues involving federal aid, insurance, loans, and rebuilding. Sponsored by William Raveis …
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Sale near for 130 acres of camp property on Lake Michigan
The Presbytery of Chicago announced in 2009 that it plotted to sell the camp to help cover debts, many linked to $ 11 million in loans to settle sex abuse claims from the 1990s. “Sale of the Camps will mean the loss of a beloved spiritual and …
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Fairfax County religion notes
Church of the Excellent Shepherd, 9350 Braddock Rd., Burke, will hold “Shop the Shepherd Christmas Showcase,” a market of more than 22 vendors offering jewelry, toys, handbags, purses, home decor, kitchenware, skin care and Christmas decorations. Plus, a …
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Daily Digest
Millington Church Files $ 2.7 Million Loan on Property. Lighthouse Fellowship Assembly of God has filed a $ 2.7 million loan through an Oregon nonprofit organization called Church Extension Plot for its property at 3719 Shelby Road in Millington. The …
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ResCap Affiliate, GMAC Mortgage, Sued by Mortgage Trustee
In a suit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, American Residential Equities LLC accused GMAC of failing to properly service pools of mortgage loans bought by investors and of driving up the price of insurance on mortgaged properties in order …
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The Birth of a Creative Empire on View in “Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of …
“Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion” draws on loans from over a dozen museums and archives as well as from private collections and churches. Tiffany also made commissions for nearly a dozen synagogues, and while none are in the exhibition for …
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